Compo for teen fired by text message

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http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/13004111/compo-for-teen-fired-by-text-message/

NZ Newswire
February 24, 2012, 5:04 pm

A teenager has been awarded nearly $8000 compensation and lost wages after his boss fired him by text message.

Stephen Whalley was working as a trainee ranger for the Takou Were-te-Mokai Landcare Charitable Trust trapping and poisoning pests in Northland.

The 17-year-old was fired in a text exchange with trust manager Clinton Rameka, in which Mr Rameka swore at him and called him an "ungrateful bald head f**".

The Employment Relations Authority said, in a recent decision, Mr Rameka had not acted as a fair and reasonable employer, particularly given Mr Whalley's youth.

It ordered the trust to pay Mr Whalley about $5700 in lost wages, $2000 compensation for hurt and humiliation, and about $1570 to contribute to his costs.

AMICUS_LAW

其实这个案子能判到这么高的金额是因为雇主根本没有出庭，也没有请法律代表。

不然胜负或者金额就未必是这个数了，原案判决书如下：

http://dol.govt.nz/workplace/det ... ERA_Auckland_59.pdf